Andrew McLaughlin successfully defended a claim for damages arising out of a fatal road traffic accident in which the claimant motorcyclist, Mark Gilbert, collided with a cyclist, the late Stuart Payne. Mr Gilbert suffered very serious personal injuries for which he sought to claim hundreds of thousands of pounds from the estate of the deceased.

The court found the claimant was fundamentally dishonest in giving multiple accounts of what had happened, which varied depending on the audience to whom he was speaking.